Macphail’s Null Hypothesis of Vertebrate Intelligence: Insights From Avian Cognition
Macphail famously criticized two foundational assumptions that underlie the evolutionary approach to comparative psychology: that there are differences in intelligence across species, and that intelligent behavior in animals is based on more than associative learning. Here, we provide evidence from...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01692/full |